Chekhov's Moscow

8 points6 km2 hours

The “Chekhov's Moscow” route invites you to walk past landmark addresses where the great writer lived, worked and spent his last days in the city. You'll see Moscow through the eyes of Anton Pavlovich Chekhov, step into the atmosphere of his stories and learn how the rhythm of the capital inspired his work.

Route author

Ekaterina Kvitko

Things to do

🗺️🎒 Themed route
🔍🖼️ Spot interesting details
📚🎬 Recall films and books

Route points (8)

House on Trubnaya Street in Moscow

Point on route “Chekhov's Moscow”

Point 1

House on Trubnaya Street

📜 Historic site

Where Chekhov Began His Moscow Life

In 1879 Anton Chekhov moved to Moscow from Taganrog. It was in an apartment at 23 Trubnaya Street that his literary career began. His younger brother Mikhail Pavlovich Chekhov recalled: “Since Father was living at Gavrilov's at the time, fate decreed that his place in the family was taken by my brother Anton, who became the head of the household, as it were. Father's personality receded into the background. Anton's will became dominant. Our family suddenly heard sharp, curt remarks I had never known before: ‘That's not true,’ ‘One must be fair,’ ‘You mustn't lie,’ and so on. We began working together to improve the family's finances. Everyone worked, each as best they could.”

Chekhov's Memories of Trubnaya Square

“A small square near the Nativity Convent, called Trubnaya, or simply Truba; on Sundays there is a market here. And Truba, this little piece of Moscow where animals are loved so tenderly and tormented so much, lives its own small life, bustling and agitated, and to the busy and pious people passing by along the boulevard it is incomprehensible why this crowd has gathered, this motley mix of hats, caps and top hats, what they are talking about here and what they are selling.”